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'SEBINKLING DEVICE.

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SPBINK'LING DEVICE.

No. 49mm Patented Fb. 7, 1893,

UNrTnD STATES Parniv @ritieni HENRY l. SCHANCK, 0F HOLMDEL, AND CHARLES B. ELLIS, OF FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY.

SPRlNKLlNG DEVlCE.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,377, dated February 7, 1893.

Application tiled May G. 1892.

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Be it known that We, HENRY l. Scannen, of Holindel, and CHARLES B. ELLIS, of Freehold,in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Sprinkling Device, ot which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in Wheeled sprinkling apparatus; and has for its object to provide a compact, convenient, and effective device of the type, indicated, which will be particularly Well adapted for 'the mixingand distribution of liquid preparations upon growing plants, that may be an insect poison or a fungus destroyer.

To these ends our invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ot parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view partly in section, of the improvement, on the line l-l in Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a side view with a part broken away, and part in section on the line 2-2 in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached detail ot construction that is part ot the improvenient; and Fig. l is a transverse section of the part shoivn in Fig. 3, on the line 4 4 in said figure.

rlhere is a suitable frame A, provided, which is supported by an axle B, and Wheels (l, thereon, this structure being furnished with a pair of shafts l), for an attachment of a draft animal thereto, said shafts being shown broken in the ligures Where they appear.

The trarne A, is furnished With supports o, for a large cask E, that is secured thereon centrally between the Wheels C, and over the axle l, or any other suitable form may be given to this liquid holding vessel.

Within the cask E, dashers l), are secured upon arms h', that are athxed transversely upon a shaft c, which latter has one end loosely connected to the center of one head et the cask on its inner side by a box c', the

l opposite endportion of the shaft being pro- Seria-l No. L32,007. (No model.)

jected through the opposite head of the cask, and also through a stutling box thereon,as at o2, in Fig. l. Upon the shaft end that projects beyond the stalling box c2, a sprocket Wheel d of proper diameter is secured, and beloW aligning with said Wheel, a larger sprocket Wheel d', is affixed upon the axle B, these sprocket Wheels being connect-ed by a chain Z2 that Will transmit rotary motion from the axle to the shaft o, and its dashers h; it being understood that the axle is rotatably secured upon the frame A, and the wheels C, rigidly attached upon the ends of Said axle.

On the main frame A, at its rear side and near one Wheel C, a rocking frame F, is pivotally supported. Said rocking frame is rectangular, and near one ot its side edges that is held parallel with the axle A, a countershaft G, is journaled by its end portions in the end rails e, of the frame F and in crossbars a, o', of the main frame that are adjacent to, and between which the rocking traine is located; the point of pivoted support for the frame F, allowing its tree rear side rail e to lie below the rear bar A of the main trarne.

On the counter-shaft G, an elongated hub f, is loosely mounted, its location being near to the end portion of the counter-shaft that rotatably engages with the side bar c', of the main frame A, and upon the hub end which is nearest to said side bar,a bevel gear Wheel H, is formed or affixed. At the opposite end of the hub f, a circumferential groove is out, wherein a forked end of the lever g, is located;

which lever is pivoted at g, on the bracket block g2, that projects from the main frame bar A', toward the counter-shaft, and is thereby adapted to slide the hub and bevel Wheel H, endwise of the counter-shaft when vibrated manually at its outer end g3.

Upon the axle B, a spur Wheel l, is placed and secured, which is in meshed engagement with a pinion J, that is formed on or is atixed upon the hub f, between the forked lever g, and bevel Wheel H; the Width of face given to the spur Wheel and meshing pinion being such relatively, as Will allow a gearedv connection of the saine to be maintained when the hub is slid until its grooved end impinges upon a fixed collar fi, on the counter-shaft G.

There is a bevel pinion L, secured upon a short shaft m, that is journaled in portions of the rocking frame F, at a proper point to permit the bevel wheel H, to engage with said pinion and transmit rotary motion thereto, when the hub f, is slid so as to effect such a geared connection, and the device is progressively moved over a field in service. On the end portion of the shaft m, that projects rearwardly from the frame F, and below the main frame bar A', a grooved band wheel M, is secured; and at a point near the center of width of the main frame A, a small grooved pulley N, is supported to align with the band wheel, by a shaft O, that is j ournaled transversely upon the rocking frame u F, these grooved Wheels being connected by a band n.

The shaft O, projects rearward beyond the rocking frame it is mounted upon, and on its rear end a spraying head P, is attached.

As indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, where it is shown detached, the spraying head P, is constructed mainly of sheet metal, comprising a circular flat back plate 0, that is fixed concentrically upon a radial flange 0 on the shaft end, and on the margin of the back plate, a

fiaring outwardly projecting wall o2, is affixedl by one edge, its outer edge being attached to a cylindrical perforated shell o3, thatprojects therefrom.

ciency in service. From the center of the back plate 0, and within the spraying head P, a series of radial wings 04, is secured, which extend to and are connected with the flaring wall o2 their outer edges being about in thel same plane with the inner edge of the shell of It will be seen that when the apparatus is forwardly moved, the connection of parts will cause a rapid rotary motion to be communi' cated to the spraying head P.

From the bottom of the cask E, a hose section R, is extended below the rocking frame F, rearwardly and then upwardly, terminating in a jet nozzle p, that is held fixed opposite the center of the spraying head P, by an arm fr, which arm is bent to permit one end to have a secured engagement with the nozzle, while4 its other end portion is fastened upon the rocking frame, the nozzle having a stop valve lf found desirable, however,-`

p in its body. the stop valve may be screwed into the cask E, and the hose be fastened to the stop valve` Preferably the shell o3, is formed of woven wire fabric of suitable mesh, and" proper wire gage to insure stability and effi` ture, that is covered with a lid s; or a smaller hole may be formed in the chine of the cask and stopped with a plug or bung.

Vhen the apparatus is to be used, the cask E, is nearly filled with water in which any preferred insect or germ poison is mixed in proper proportions. The machine is now moved by a draft animal to the field where it is to be used, and the rocking frame F, adj usted to suit the height of the growing plants that are to be treated with the liquid poison; and if the crop is planted in rows, the device is progressively moved from end to end of one or more rows with the nozzle p open so that a stream of the liquid will be projected by gravity within the spraying head P, While the latter is rapidly rotated.

The delivery of the liquid from the eask E, is regulated by the valve p', so as to economically use the same; and as it is projected from the jet nozzle, the wing's o4, will throw the fluid outwardly with force, causing it to pass through the reticulated shell 03, in a fine spray, whereby the plants beneath and at the sides of the spraying head will be coated with the mixture that is kept stirred up by the rotation of the dasher blades b.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sprinkling apparatus, the combination with a main frame, an axle journaled in the frame and traction wheels rigidly secured on said axle, of a liquid holder supported on the frame, a rocking frame supported below the liquid holder, gearing on the axle and rocking frame that is mesncd or detached by a vibratile lever, a shaft rotatable from said gearing and projecting rearward, a spraying head on said shaft, a tubular conduit extending from the holder oppositely of the spraying head, and a stop valve on the conduit, substantially as described.

2. In a sprinkling apparatus, the combination with a main frame, an axle rotatable thereon, fixed traction wheels on the axle, a

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liquid holder on the lmain frame anda dasher device within the holder rotated from the axle, of a rocking frame on the main frame below the liquid holder, a shaft on the rocking frame projected rearward, a spraying head on said shaft, gearing on the axle and rocking frame adapted to rotate the spray head shaft, hose extended from the liquid holder oppositely of the spraying head,'a jet nozzle on said hose, and a stop valve for the nozzle, substantially as described.

3. In a sprinkling apparatus, amain frame, a liquid holder on the main frame, and an axle and supporting wheels for the main frame, a rocking frame below the main frame and supported on a counter-shaft parallel with the axle, a spur wheel on the axle, and gearing on the rocking frame that is adapted to be rendered dormant or active and connected with the spur wheel, a supported rotatable spraying,` head receiving motion from said gearing, Wall, and a series of radial Wings Within the n conduit leading' from the liquid holder to shell, substantially as described. the spraying head, and a stop Valve for the oondnii, substantieii'y as described.

5 4. In n sprinkling apparatus, a, sprayingl head, comprising a back plate, a 'flaring wail Witnesses: on the back plate, a perforated cylindrical JNO. T. ROSELL, sheii projected 'from the edge of the daring EVA S. CONOVER.

HENRY SCHANGK. CHARLES B. ELLS. 

